Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Pontiac, Illinois
Direct answer
A Pontiac file is read against 138 local clinicians, 124.8 for every 10,000 of its 11,054 residents, 33 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Livingston County, 33 miles from Bloomington, IL.
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- Population: 11,054 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 138 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $59,5793
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 46 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Bloomington, IL, 33 miles1
The provider census in Pontiac
Counted at the town's own addresses: 138 providers, 22 fields, 124.8 clinicians per 10,000 of the 11,054 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 46 | 41.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 19 | 17.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 12 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 10.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 46 of the 138 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Livingston County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 30 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Pontiac the way a credit committee does
124.8 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 0 approvals on record in Livingston County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $59,579 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Pontiac households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Pontiac does not appear. Availability is still a Illinois question.
The first pages of a Pontiac file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (46) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (19) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (12) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Column one counts Pontiac clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Pontiac file differently.
How Pontiac prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Pontiac has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac (current) | 11,054 | 138 | 124.8 | |
| Streator | 12,295 | 93 | 75.6 | 19 |
| Normal | 53,304 | 335 | 62.8 | 31 |
| Bloomington | 79,232 | 752 | 94.9 | 33 |
| Ottawa | 18,775 | 211 | 112.4 | 33 |
| Morris | 14,587 | 196 | 134.4 | 36 |
| Channahon | 14,392 | 54 | 37.5 | 42 |
What the geography does to a Pontiac projection
33 miles separate Pontiac from Bloomington, IL. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Median household income runs $59,579, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Pontiac is the Livingston County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Illinois towns
Pontiac owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Pontiac, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Pontiac carries 138 enumerated clinicians, 124.8 per 10,000 of the 11,054 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 46 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 19. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Livingston County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Livingston County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Why does Livingston County show so little SBA activity?
Livingston County shows 0 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 30 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Pontiac affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 124.8 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Pontiac?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 46 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 19, across 22 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is Pontiac underwritten as part of Bloomington, IL?
Comparables and demand split at 33 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Bloomington, IL; the revenue line has to hold up against 11,054 local residents.
Sources
- 1U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, vintage 2024
- 2CMS NPPES, monthly full replacement file
- 3U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2023, table B19013
- 4CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 5U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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